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All through the hot, still days of their holiday Amy basked in the sun.

在整个炎热、寂静的假期里埃米都在晒太阳。

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When the employees returned from their holiday they found that the factory had been stripped of its equipment and that Boss Sun had fled town.

当他的工人们度假回来的时候，他们发现工厂的设备已经被弄走了，孙老板也逃离了这个小镇。

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Last week, a quiet work period thanks to the July 4th holiday, several firms in Silicon Valley, including Sun Microsystems, simply shut down parts of their operations and made workers take the whole week as vacation.

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